2000 AD #689

A warrior on horseback dominates this July 1990 cover of Britain's flagship weekly anthology, sword raised high against a burnt-orange sky as a second rider charges in behind — all while a massive, jagged skull looms ominously in the foreground and a crumbling industrial structure broods in the distance. The tagline "Serf's Up! in Dry Run" hints at the scrappy, post-apocalyptic energy that 2000 AD delivered week in and week out, with cover art by Kevin Hopgood that crackles with dusty, desperate momentum. Inside, John Wagner and Carlos Ezquerra continue "Necropolis" alongside the rest of the Prog's varied lineup — essential reading for anyone who followed the Galaxy's Greatest Comic through its thrilling 1990 run.